Pablo Picasso
Le déjeuner sur l"herbe, d"après Manet II
1962.
Linocut in colors.
Signed and with a personal dedication to Hidalgo Arnéra. Trial proof aside from the edition of 50 copies. On Arches wove paper (with the watermark). 53 x 64 cm (20.8 x 25.1 in). Sheet: 62,4 x 72,4 cm (24,5 x 28,5 in).
Printed by Hidalgo Arnéra. Published by Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris. [KA].
More works from the Max Niedermayer Collection, Limes-Verlag Wiesbaden, will be offered in the Evening Sale on June 6 and in the Day Sale on June 7, as well as in other auctions throughout the year.
• Personally dedicated by Picasso to his printer Arnéra.
• In his unmistakable style, Picasso masterfully reinterprets Manet"s “Déjeuner sur l"herbe.”
• In Picasso"s graphic oeuvre, the colorful linocuts occupy a prominent place thanks to their technical diversity and expressive power
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